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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Attila need protection from?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Morality.
(d) Reality.

2. What was Andrei passionate about?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Collectivism.

3. In which period did capitalism arise?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 19th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 20th century.

4. What does Rand state that capitalism is incompatible with?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Collectivism.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Happiness.

5. The injunction not to judge shows the climax of which of the following, according to Rand?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Capitalism.

6. Rand suggests that a nation's bodyguards are which type of people?
(a) Those who are physically strongest.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Government officials.
(d) The military.

7. When was We The Living published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1945.

8. Rand states that the only tools of cognition are not which of the following?
(a) Negative feelings.
(b) Logical thoughts.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Emotions.

9. Rand states that collectivism is dead in which country?
(a) France.
(b) Japan.
(c) Greece.
(d) USA.

10. In a dying society, how many choices does Rand say individuals have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Too many to count.

11. What kind of crime was Leo arrested for?
(a) Murder.
(b) Vandalism.
(c) Sexual crime.
(d) Political crime.

12. What did Kant allegedly close philosophy to?
(a) Morality.
(b) Logic.
(c) Reason.
(d) Emotion.

13. What is the setting for We The Living?
(a) China.
(b) Soviet Russia.
(c) Post-war France.
(d) United States.

14. Freedom and philosophy first arose in which setting, according to Rand?
(a) Ancient Rome.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) Soviet Russia.
(d) Renaissance Europe.

15. How does Kira feel about using Andrei?
(a) She is remorseful.
(b) She feels no remorse.
(c) She feels bad at first but then forgets.
(d) She denies feeling remorse, but actually does.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Rand believe is deluding itself?

2. What does Rand believe capitalism wiped out?

3. Who does Rand describe as altruism's most perfect advocate?

4. Andrei viewed citizens in what way?

5. The chief intellectual, according to Rand, is which type of person?

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